PEP EXCLUSIVE: Charice laughs off rumors questioning her age

Jocelyn Dimaculangan
Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 08:19PM  |  60887 views

 

"Naku! Sanay na po ako sa ganyan kasi sa singing contest pa lang dati... Nung twelve years ako, sabi nila 16 naman daw ako. Tapos nung nine years old ako, twelve na raw ako. Ina-adjust nila," says Charice Pempengco when asked about rumors saying that she is already 22 years old.

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If people ask for evidence, Charice says she can give a photocopy.

MOMMY RAQUEL OFFERS PROOF. In the same press conference, PEP talked with Mommy Raquel regarding the age rumor.  She's not bothered either.

"Noon pa 'yan. Little Big Star pa 'yan kasi sinasabi nila na over-age na daw si Charice. Fifteen years old na daw siya, samantalang twelve pa lang siya noon," Mommy Raquel recalled.

"Noon, napapaiyak ako kasi ang contest [Little Big Star] para sa hanggang 12 years old lang. May maximum age talaga. Napapaiyak ako dahil gusto nila na matanggal na si Charise kasi over-age na raw. Ngayon, hindi ko na papansinin yun kasi sanay na ako."

She even said with a laugh: "Ay, naku, kung 22 siya [her daughter Charice], ano ako, singkwenta na ako! Hindi totoo yun, 17 siya."

Does she feel bothered by such attempts to destroy the image of her daughter?

"Alam mo naman, hindi mo naman maku-control 'yan, e. Hindi naman puwede pigilan na may magko-comment talaga na ganyan. E, ang sabi ko na lang, kung 22 na si Charice, e, di ako'y singkwenta na."

Mommy Raquel even offered to show the passport of Charice to prove that her only daughter was actually born in 1992.

ON FATHER'S DAY. Since Father's Day will be held on June 21, PEP asked Charice if she ever felt lonely in the past because she is estranged from her father Ricky.

"Sa ngayon po,  hindi ko iniisip 'yan kasi fino-focus ko po ang sarili ko sa aming tatlo lang saka sa career ko at kung paano ko pala sila mapapasaya. Hindi ko naiisip na nalulungkot ako kasi pag naiisip ko yung tatay ko, nagfa-flashback lang ang mga nangyari dati," she says in a serious tone.

Charice was three years old when her father left them and she has not been in touch with him since then. Her younger brother Carl was also present during the press conference.

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